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Labor Day Demonstrators Turn Out In LA To Protest Possible DACA Changes

12:10pm September 05, 2017

by Danny Hajek

President Trump is expected to phase out the DACA program. That decision could affect some 800,000 people who arrived in the U.S. as children without legal immigration status.

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Sen. Bob Menendez fields questions about his corruption trial last month in Union Beach, N.J.

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Accused Of Accepting Lavish Trips And Gifts, Sen. Menendez Goes On Trial

10:54am September 05, 2017

by Joe Hernandez

The corruption case is a major political fall for a man who made his name fighting public corruption. But prosecutors face an uphill battle at trial thanks to a recent Supreme Court case.

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Trump To Talk Tax Code Overhaul With Key Members of Congress

8:09am September 05, 2017

by Scott Horsley

After many private conversations, the overhaul effort is shifting into high gear. At the center of the campaign is Gary Cohn, an ex-Goldman Sachs executive who directs the National Economic Council.

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News Brief: DACA's Future, Congress Weighs Harvey Recovery Response

7:57am September 05, 2017

President Trump on Tuesday will announce his policy on the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA. And, Houston struggles to get on track after Hurricane Harvey.

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One of Twitty's projects is his "Southern Discomfort Tour" — a journey through the "forgotten little Africa" of the Old South. He picks cotton, chops wood, works in rice fields and cooks for audiences in plantation kitchens while dressed in slave clothi

A Black Food Historian Explores His Bittersweet Connection To Robert E. Lee

7:00am September 05, 2017

by Nina Martyris

Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans.

Wisconsin Girl Aims To Save For College By Flipping Houses

6:52am September 05, 2017

After watching a lot of HGTV, Madison Bue, 11, reportedly asked her grandfather to help her buy a house that she could fix up. She spent the summer helping to renovate a four-bedroom house.

Employees In Flooded Houston Could Find It Difficult To Show Up For Work

6:39am September 05, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

After a long holiday weekend of clean up and recovery, Houston tries to get back to work. It won't be easy for many. Thousands remain in area shelters or FEMA-paid hotel rooms.

As Human Rescues Wind Down, Helicopters Drop Hay To Stranded Cattle

5:04am September 05, 2017

by Brian Mann

Hurricane Harvey stranded thousands of cattle along the south Texas coast. Ranchers are flying hay to the animals — trying to keep them fed and alive until the animals can be rescued.

National Hurricane Center's projection of Irma's track.

Puerto Rico Prepares For Category 4 Hurricane Irma

11:32pm September 04, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The island and the state of Florida have declared states of emergency in anticipation of Irma, which could become the second major storm this year to hit the U.S. East Coast.

Sam Clovis, a conservative talk radio host who ran President Trump's campaign in Iowa, has been nominated to a top scientific post at the Department of Agriculture even though he lacks a science background.

Trump's Nominee To Be USDA's Chief Scientist Is Not A Scientist

11:12pm September 04, 2017

by Amy Mayer

Sam Clovis has a doctorate in public administration, is skeptical that humans have a role in climate change and pushed theories suggesting former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

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